German woman with all her worldly possessions on the side of a street amid ruins of Cologne, Germany, by John Florea, 1945.

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1. I am from Cologne. My grandmother had to steal coal from the Ehrenfeld railway station with my father, who was seven years old. the oldest of three, just to survive.

   He could never forget seeing burned people lying in the street.

2. Flair it “Historical”, non-OC photos are allowed only on weekends.

3. I have been advices by my lawyer not to comment on pictures of Germans in ruined cities from 1945

4. well that’s some of the negatives of nazisme, at least she is alive

5. Women always pack heavy

6. Alternate title: “you reap what you sow”.

7. That’s a lot of stuff honestly

8. Luckily for her the Russians never got to Köln.